Category Marriage & Relationship
Agenda Free Sex
The title for this article ended up as “Agenda Free Sex”. Perhaps I should have put a hyphen between Agenda and Free, to make it “Agenda-free Sex”, in order to avoid that it is interpreted as “Agenda: Free Sex”. But…
Functional age in Online Dating
Anyone who has at some point explored online dating will be familiar with the particular version of ageism that exists on these sites. All (presumably) online dating sites have in common that age is a prominent feature of member profiles.…
Attract Your Perfect Partner
Sorry, there are currently no public “Attract Your Perfect Partner” workshops scheduled. The workshop is, however, run on demand for closed groups who wish to do the workshop. If you would like to organise a workshop for your group, please,…
Special Early Bird Offer: Three events combination package
Sorry, registration for the three-events-package is no longer available. To be kept up to date with future workshops and special offers, please, subscribe to Authentic Living! – the newsletter for Integrating Awareness NOW! If you want to participate in all…
Is there something wrong with you… or are you simply an introvert?
In my work as a counsellor & psychotherapist it happens quite regularly that a client comes to see me because they feel out of place in social situations, and think there is something wrong with them, since they are not…
Single or Married; which is better?
Single or Married; which is better? Good question perhaps, but does it have an answer? Research comparing the physical and mental health of people who are married with those who are not appears to indicate that there is an answer…
Relationship communication; Facts and Stories
Relationship communication can be tricky. Words as well as body language are subject to interpretation to be correctly understood. For words, at least, there are dictionaries that can help us establish their meaning, even though in most relationship communication circumstances…
Statistics about marriage
Just thought I’d share a few comments on statistics about marriage compiled by the Australian Bureau of Statistics in 2013. It appears “living in sin” is no longer a big issue for Australians, as 77% of couples live together before…
Videos about marriage-relationship-couple counselling
Earlier this year a young woman from Korea came to interview me on the subject of Love, and how couples can be helped to have more quality in their relationship. Her name is Suyoung Kim, and in 2011 she went…
Upset feelings? Don’t put fuel on the fire!
Sometimes in your life with your partner it will happen that they say or do something that triggers upset feelings in you. If you then get caught up in your upset feelings and react by lashing out at your partner…
Response to Men and Women (mis)communicating
I received this video link in response to the newsletter that I sent out a few days ago. It so beautifully illustrates the point that I made, that I just have to send it to you. It is SOOO funny…
Men and women (mis)communicating
One of the recurring themes in couples counselling is the differences in communication styles that men and women have. There is an almost endless list of example of this, but one of the most common issues comes up in the…